DEMPSEY, John S.

An introduction to policing / John S. Dempsey, Linda S. Forst. - 5th ed. - Clifton Park, NY : Delmar Cengage Learning, c2010. - xxi, 598p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25cm.

Includes bibliography and index

This text on policing presents a balance between the practical and theoretical. Dempsey brings his 25 years of experience (as an officer in the New York Police Department) together with contemporary research to illustrate both the formal and the real workings of the policing system.

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Law enforcement -- United States.
Police -- United States. Law enforcement.

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